Noted actor and activist, George Takei, spoke with CNN on Monday about Edward Snowden’s speech at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Takei admitted to being impressed by Snowden, but told CNN he had concerns regarding Snowden’s status in Russia: “When he fled, I thought it was unfortunate. And then he fled, of […]
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., argued at a House hearing involving former IRS official Lois Lerner after she once again asserted her Fifth Amendment right not to testify on Wednesday. Lerner had already pleaded the Fifth last year during questioning about her role in the IRS scandal which alleged that Tea […]
Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday confronted Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) after he was rated as having the “highest level of falsehood” for his obsession with the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. Last month, The Washington Post investigated Issa’s recent suggestion that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had told Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta […]
“There’s no love lost between ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Palin weighed in on Christie’s Bridgegate scandal, saying she doesn’t buy his defense that he was ignorant of the nefarious ways of his aides. “When I was mayor and manager of this city, and then governor of the state, […]
The United States Department of Justice sent a letter to the Missoula County, Montana, Attorney’s office alleging disturbing “deficiencies” in how rape cases are handled. As reported by Mother Jones: According to the Justice Department’s letter, in one instance, a deputy county attorney in Missoula allegedly quoted religious passages to a woman who’d reported sexual […]